Sawdust Fired Ceramics

This video shows how we made some pottery using the technique of sawdust firing. This is something you can easily do at home as it only requires a brick-lined hole in the ground to fire the pots. The pots are made from Craft Crank, available in the UK at Potclay Ltd, a coarse grogged clay which resists shrinkage, but you can use a wide variety of clays with this method. The pots can be decorated with red iron oxide before firing, but the main color